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|Full diacritics=Βάκτρα
|Medium diacritics=Βάκτρα
|Low diacritics=Βάκτρα
|Capitals=ΒΑΚΤΡΑ
|Transliteration A=Báktra
|Transliteration B=Baktra
|Transliteration C=Vaktra
|Beta Code=&#42;ba/ktra
|Definition=τά, [[Balkh]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.113</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>833b14</span>, <span class="bibl">Str.11.8.9</span>: the people were [[Βάκτριοι]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.102</span>; or [[Βακτριανοί]], Str.l.c.; cf. [[Βακτριανή]] ἡ, <span class="bibl">Id.11.9.2</span>:—the Bactrian camels were famous, <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">HA</span>498b8</span>.
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{{DGE
|dgtxt=-ων, τά<br /><b class="num">• Alolema(s):</b> [[Βάκτρα]], -ας, ἡ Str.11.8.9<br />[[Bactra]] [[ciudad]] de Asia Central, capital de la Bactriana, actual Balkh (Afganistán), al norte del monte Parapaniso (actual Hindu Kush), Hdt.6.9, 9.113, Arist.<i>Mir</i>.833<sup>b</sup>19, Thphr.<i>HP</i> 4.4.7, 8.4.5, 6.6, D.S.11.69, Str.l.c., Charito 5.1.7, Arr.<i>An</i>.3.29.1, 7.9.8, Ptol.<i>Geog</i>.6.11.9, Ael.<i>NA</i> 4.55, 15.8, Ath.219a, St.Byz.s.u. Ζαρίασπα.
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{{bailly
|btext=ων ([[τά]]) :<br /><i>c.</i> [[Βακτριανή]].
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|lstext='''Βάκτρα''': τά, πρωτεύουσα τῆς ἐν Ἀσίᾳ Βακτριανῆς, παρὰ νεωτέροις Balkh, Ἀριστ. π. θαυμασ. 46, Στράβ. 514, κ. ἀλλ.· - οἱ κάτοικοι Βάκτριοι [[αὐτόθι]] 513· ἢ Βακτριανοὶ [[αὐτόθι]] 514· - περίφημοι ἦσαν αἱ Βακτριαναὶ κάμηλοι, Ἀριστ. Ἱ. Ζ. 2. 1, 24.
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{{elru
|elrutext='''Βάκτρα:''' τά<br /><b class="num">1</b> [[Бактры]] (столица Бактрианы) Her., Arst.;<br /><b class="num">2</b> Plut. = [[Βακτριανή]].
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{{wkpen
|wketx=Balkh (/bælx/; Dari: بلخ, Balkh; Bactrian: Βάχλο, Bákhlo; Ancient Greek: Βάκτρα, Báktra) is a town in the Balkh Province of Afghanistan, about 20 km (12 mi) northwest of the provincial capital, Mazar-e Sharif, and some 74 km (46 mi) south of the Amu Darya river and the Uzbekistan border. Its population was recently estimated to be 138,594.
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